They're just trying to sell coffee.
In 1976 I went to Autzen stadium to watch the fireworks on the 4th. I went up on the backside to smoke a joint, and to the South behind Spencer's Butte there was heat lightning that was more spectacular than the fireworks but completely silent.
There may be more spectacular events in our future:
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Originally Posted by Xist
Do you guys think that the slave trade stopped when North America stopped buying?
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The Mediterranean and Atlantic slave trade ended when Thomas Jefferson sent the U.S.Navy in.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
The hope was it would strangulate slavery in the South, but it took another 50 years and a war.
After decades of repression in North Africa, Barack H. Obama took out Gaddafi and the slave markets opened up again. The loophole nowadays is indentured servitude.
Fat Charlie — Less problems with flag abuse in this one?
Because America, That's Why.